Hubert Geroid Brown, AKA H. Rap Brown, AKA R. Hall, AKA R. H. Brown v. United States

The appellant is under indictment returned on August 22, 1967 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, charged with transporting a rifle in interstate commerce while under indictment of the state of Maryland. 1 He has filed notice of appeal from an order of that district court entered on February 21, 1968 which forfeited his cash bond of $15,000 given to assure his appearance at trial, remitted $10,000 of said forfeiture, and imposed new conditions of release pending trial.

The appellant has filed in this court an application for stay of the district court…